Arranged by Heather Dale - The Farmer's Curst Wife lyrics

There was an old farmer, lived o'er the hill If he ain't moved on, he's living there still Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye The devil came to him one day, he said "One of your kin, I'm gonna take away" Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye He said, "Please don't take my only son There's work on the farm that's gotta be done Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye But you can have my nagging wife I swear by god, she's the curse of my life" Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle day So they marched on down to the gates of hell He said, "Kick up the fire, boys, we'll roast her well Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye Out came a little demon with a spit and chain That she upped with her foot and she knocked out his brain Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle aye Out came a dozen demons then a dozen more But when she was done they was flat on the floor Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye So all those little demons went scrambling up the wall Saying, "Take her back, daddy, she'll murder us all" Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle aye So the farmer woke up and he looked out the crack And he saw that devil bringing her back Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye "Here's your wife both sound and well If I kept her any longer she'd've tore up hell" Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle aye The old man jumped and he bit his tongue Then he ran for the hills in a flat out run Fie fie diddle aye, fie fie diddle aye He was heard to yell, as he ran o'er the hill "If the devil won't have her, be damned if I will" Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle aye Singing Fie fie diddle aye Fie fie diddle diddle aye